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Shorashim Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Shorashim's Lemuel Bejar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Avshalom Yessod kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Yichya Shechter kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Hanoch Marcus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abarron Mauda in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Avshalom Yessod hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Lemuel Bejar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haniel Winnik was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Haniel Winnik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Haviv Habert in the 15th minute. Jacot Foer charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacot Foer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th match minute, Shorashim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacot Foer to maneuver through the defense. Abarron Mauda recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hanoch Marcus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ham Nazari in the 20th minute of the match. If Abarron Mauda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hanoch Marcus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ham Nazari in the 29th minute of play. Yichya Shechter hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Hanoch Marcus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ham Nazari in the 33rd minute of the match. After having played for 39 minutes, Abarron Mauda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arki's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abarron Mauda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Shorashim's Haviv Habert got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Ham Nazari made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ham Nazari in the 52nd minute of play forced Shorashim's goalkeeper Hanoch Marcus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Ham Nazari lined in a short shot 0-1 behind a frustrated Hanoch Marcus. Haniel Winnik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lemuel Bejar in the 64th minute of the match. If Abarron Mauda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ham Nazari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abarron Mauda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hanoch Marcus having to interfere. Ham Nazari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute of the match Lothem Tauber sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Haniel Winnik skillfully saved the ball. In the 92nd minute, Lemuel Bejar made a precise shot to the right of Haniel Winnik. Arki's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When Ham Nazari came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Arki fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ham Nazari couldn't finish the play.